India, Sept. 17 -- A special court on Monday issued an order to release dismissed police officer Sunil Mane, whom the Supreme Court recently granted bail in connection with the bomb scare outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani's south Mumbai residence, Antilia, and the connected murder of Thane trader Mansukh Hiran.

The special court for cases under the National Investigation Agency (NIA) ordered Mane to be released after paying a personal bond of Rs.25,000 and one or two sureties of a similar amount. The judge, Chakor S Baviskar, also asked Mane to surrender his passport to the NIA and not leave India without the court's permission.

The Supreme Court granted Mane bail primarily due to his long pre-trial incarceration after his arrest in A...